by Isis Alvarez* Although the second session of the UNEA-2 ended on 28 May 2016 at the UNEP Headquarters in Nairobi, key concerns emerging from it are still present in our everyday work on forest protection and biodiversity conservation. The UNEA is a good place to gain further understanding of not only ‘classic’ environmental problems but also ‘new’ and emerging ones. Experts from around the world come together to participate in the Assembly and raise awareness among delegates about their …

By Andrey Laletin* The Tajikistan national workshop on the strategy of capacity-development towards adapting local communities’ livelihoods in sustainable mountain forest ecosystems of Tajikistan (CCRI workshop) took place in the…

“Mainstreaming Biodiversity and the Resilience of Community Conservation” calls out to national governments to include indigenous peoples and local community conserved territories and areas (ICCAs) and other community conservation initiatives…

The Community Conservation Resilience Initiative (CCRI) aims to provide community-determined, bottom-up policy advice on effective and appropriate forms of support for community-driven conservation and restoration initiatives, including indigenous peoples’ and…

Community conservation: Indigenous peoples and local communities have shown that we understand much better the ways of sustainable living and conservation of nature than any technocrats and government authorities

Welcome to Forest Cover No. 48, the Global Forest Coalition newsletter that provides a space for Southern and Northern environmental justice activists to present their views on international forest-related policies.…

Download the summary report here Introduction This assessment was conducted with communities in Sulufou and Fera Subua in northeast Malaita. It was based on questionnaires, workshops, face-to-face interviews with community…

Download the summary report here INTRODUCTION Ole Si’osi’omaga Society Incorporated (OLSSI) in Samoa conducted community consultations and mangrove surveys in the villages of Toamua, Saina and Vaiusu as the first…